PRODUCT No. 001 Edward: The Talking EPM Cowboy
Marked down, dusty, the last one on the peg. The sleek AI gadgets beside him sold out by nine. (He's choosing to read this as a supply-chain issue.)
NOW PLAYING · A ROSKE.AI PRODUCTION · JUNE 2026
The toy who wouldn't update.
Toy Story 5 is in theaters this week, and the bad guy is a screen. A glowing device that elbows the old pull-string toys out of the way. I've spent three years telling executives that AI changes everything, so it felt fair to cast myself as the toy it's coming to replace. (I lobbied to play the hero. The casting director, who is also me, passed.)
50+
COUNTRIES PRESENTED IN
80+
COUNTRIES VISITED
15
BOOKS IN PRINT
2
U.S. PATENTS
25+
YEARS RUNNING COMPANIES
FRAME 001 · THE TOY WHO WOULDN'T UPDATE RATED E
DIR. EDWARD ROSKE PIXAR-ADJACENT · NO AFFILIATION
Section 02 · Fresh out of the box
New this week.
The latest writing and video briefs, in one place, so the good stuff isn't buried under a pile of older toys.
Latest Writing
All writing →- Jun 13, 2026Your Best AI Model Can Vanish Over a WeekendAnthropic's Fable 5 was the best model anyone could buy, and three days later a letter from the Commerce Department took it offline worldwide. The vendor risk most finance teams have never put a number on.
- Jun 5, 2026AI is eating the work that trains your next CFOAI is taking over the entry-level finance work that quietly trained every controller and CFO, so the apprenticeship now has to be designed on purpose.
- May 28, 2026The Model Is the WrapperAnthropic shipped Claude Opus 4.8 forty-one days after Opus 4.7. The model is now infrastructure. The orchestration layer is the product. What a CFO should ask next.
Latest Video Briefs
All videos → SECTION 03 · THE FULL PRODUCT LINE · NOW DISCONTINUED
Every toy in the line.
One man, several recalls. Each one a Pixar-grade study in what happens when the analog favorite meets a glowing rectangle with better marketing. (The fedora is in all of them. The fedora is non-negotiable.)
PRODUCT No. 001 
THE 2026 REFRESH 
ONE GOOD MORNING 
THE DONATION BIN 
PULL STRING TO ACTIVATE FROM THE BACK OF THE BOX
Every toy gets replaced eventually. I figure if I stay useful enough, they'll at least feel a little guilty about it. (So far: mixed results.)
EDWARD ROSKE READING HIS OWN RECALL NOTICE
SECTION 04 · WHAT HE'S ACTUALLY BUILDING
Six things. None require batteries.
The part of the toy box that still ships. Real projects, in beta or in production, all built on the theory that the old cowboy might be worth keeping around a little longer.
MODEL No. 01 WORKS AS ADVERTISED (RARE)
AgentCube
The engine that lets AI agents talk to Oracle Essbase, EPM Planning, and Financial Close. Built by Caprus. Essbase and Planning shipped. Consolidations is in beta. (It's the toy that actually does what the box promised, which in this aisle makes it a collector's item.)
MODEL No. 02 COLLECT THE WHOLE ISLAND
Caribbean AI Summit
Co-chairing the largest AI conference Puerto Rico has ever hosted. October 9 and 10 in San Juan. Speakers and sponsors are being recruited right now. If you build, fund, or run AI, there's a slot on the stage with your name on it.
MODEL No. 03 SOLD SEPARATELY
Caprus
Investor and contributor at Caprus, the AI software and services firm giving finance teams faster, smarter operations. The crew behind the MCP servers, and the people who do most of the actual building while I write the blog posts.
MODEL No. 04 AGES: ETERNAL DM
AI Dungeon Master's Screen
An AI-driven DM's screen for running better D&D 5e campaigns. Initiative, lore, and improv help for the person behind the screen. If there's going to be an AI at the table, it should at least earn its seat. (The party will not be told.)
Quiet build
MODEL No. 05 SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED
Puerto Rico AI Community
President of the Puerto Rico AI Community. More than 850 people across our events. We meet every other month to figure out, in public, what AI means for the island, which is also what it means for everyone watching the island.
MODEL No. 06 WORKS RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX
Only Recipes
My first Chrome extension. When it spots you on a recipe page, it strips out the author's childhood memoir, the fourteen ads, and the infinite scroll, and leaves you the recipe. It's ridiculously fast and genuinely useful, two phrases I don't often get to put next to each other.
SECTION 05 · NEW FOR THIS SEASON · STILL IN BETA
One more off the assembly line.
IN BETA · NAME PENDING
The Home Library Project
BOOKS · GAMES · MEDIA · EVERY SHELF
A new app and site that digitizes a home library: books, board games, music, media, anything sitting on a shelf at the house. All of it categorized. There'll be a free tier. I'll share the rest after beta. Want an early look? Send an email and you're on the list.
Email for early access THE BOX OFFICE IS OPEN · 13 MINUTES
Pull the string.
Get a real answer.
Book thirteen minutes. Ask about Oracle EPM, AI in finance, MCP servers, the Caribbean AI Summit, D&D, or what it's like to spend a career hyping the exact technology now eyeing your spot in the toy box. The pull string is free, and the opinions come with it whether you asked or not.
TOY BOX · BACK PANEL · 2026
EDITION WEEK 26 · TOY STORY 5 RELEASE WEEK · 2026
PRODUCT EDWARD: THE TALKING EPM COWBOY
INCLUDES ONE (1) COWBOY · ONE (1) PULL STRING · OPINIONS (UNLIMITED)
BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED · NOT REQUIRED · RUNS ON SPITE AND CURIOSITY
HEADGEAR ONE (1) ROYAL-BLUE FELT FEDORA · SURVIVES EVERY RECALL
WARNING MAY DISCUSS AGENTIC AI FOR 45 MINUTES UNPROMPTED
MADE IN SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
CARE DO NOT EXPOSE TO SPREADSHEETS WITHOUT FREEZE PANES
Not affiliated with Pixar, Disney, or any toy currently in production. Toy Story and its characters are the property of their respective owners. The cowboy, the opinions, and the fedora are Edward's. No pull-string toys were replaced by AI in the making of this website, though several were made visibly nervous.